Dr. Ruth was just named New York State’s Ambassador to Loneliness, with a charge to help New Yorkers cope with the loneliness epidemic. Dr. Ruth, the Holocaust survivor who gained fame as a sex therapist, says that she began focusing on this issue when she was isolated during the COVID lockdown, which reminded her that she had written in a childhood diary about being lonely. She located that diary from her time in Switzerland after World War II, and found this quote: “I live with 150 people — and am alone.” She also noted that she was “longing for a friend.” Ruth Westheimer emigrated to Palestine where she joined the Haganah at age 17 and suffered serious injuries in a mortar-fire attack during the War of Independence. She subsequently moved to Paris, studied psychology at the Sorbonne, later earning a masters degree in sociology and a doctorate in education in the United States. She taught at universities and established a practice offering sex therapy, eventually gaining a world-wide following from radio and television programs in which she discussed sexual issues with knowledge, frankness, humor and respect. What else is true about Dr. Ruth?